My heart is black and my lips are blue
I called out your name but you didn't hear it, did you?
Heaven have mercy now
Lord have mercy now
Death have mercy now on me

My days are dark and my hours are long
The curtains put in here, I belong
Heaven have mercy now
Lo

Didn’t take the test,
that I was suppose to.
Didn’t turn up when I know that I was meant to.
I went outside when I should of stayed in.
I couldn't stop eating,
you said that I was better thin.
I cut my hair when you said you liked it long.
I wrote about sex when you p

We went and gambled our dirty money away
Our weekends were empty bottles and fills ashtrays
Our lights went out and the bulbs went astray
I still shiver whenever you look over my way

He was a late-night visitor
Left early in the morning
I’m not pretty
I’m not clever